Monitor Moisture
Corn silage values will be at record highs this fall, and the Upper Midwestern corn crop is maturing unevenly. Those two facts make it more important...
Diet Corn Silage
Boosting corn silage levels in rations has proved to be a great strategy for pushing dairy heifer weights at calving to 1,300 lbs or more and age at first...
Silage Density Variations Reduce Forage Quality
Dry matter densities of corn silage vary widely within bunkers and piles, reducing the opportunity to feed consistent, high-quality dairy forage, according...
Trouble in Texas
Agriculture is booming on the Texas High Plains, but the prosperity may be short-lived. The Ogallala Aquifer, the region’s primary irrigation water source, is receding fast, and experts predict...
Pick Winners
Computer program chooses best hybrids for your farm
The corn hybrids you planted for silage a few years ago may not be your best choices for next year, says Mike Allen, Michigan State University extension...
Drought-Stressed Corn Chopped As Silage Still Has Energy
Corn that didn’t get the moisture to develop ears can be chopped for silage and lose only 10-25% of its energy, says Joe Lauer, extension corn agronomist...
Friendlier Fiber
More than a few dairy producers have experimented with cutting corn silage hybrids higher than normal in an effort to improve digestibility...
Slow-Cooked Silage
Corn-silage quality is optimized if the crop remains in storage for three to four months before it's fed, say dairy nutritionists. Corn silage goes through four phases...
Superior Silage
Dairy producers need to do a number of things just right to put the best feed into, and take the best feed out of, their bunker silos. Two Wisconsin dairy families work hard to do just that...
What's Corn Silage Worth?
As with corn grain prices, the price of corn silage will increase this year, says Joe Lauer, extension corn agronomist with the University of Wisconsin....
